How do you pronounce igloo?
Do we say an igloo or a igloo?
An igloo is a type of hut built from snow, mainly by Inuits. Some igloos are built for temporary shelter, while others are permanent, warm housing in very cold climates. The noun igloo comes from an Inuit word, iglu, which means simply “house,” no matter what it’s constructed from.
Can you spell igloo for me?
noun, plural ig·loos.
an Inuit house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow. Informal. any dome-shaped construction thought to resemble an igloo: immense silos topped with steel igloos. Military.
What does igloo mean?
1 : a usually dome-shaped dwelling of arctic regions that is usually made of blocks of snow or ice when built for temporary purposes or of sod, wood, or stone when permanent and that is typically associated with the indigenous Inuit, Inupiat, and Yupik peoples of Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and eastern Siberia.